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Multimodal Actuation and Environment Adaptive Strategies of Bio‐Inspired Micro/Nanorobots in Precision Medicine

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
An introduction for multidrive and environment‐adaptive micro/nanorobotics: design and fabrication strategies, intelligent actuation, and their applications. Various intelligent actuation approaches—magnetic, acoustic, optical, chemical, and biological—can be synergistically designed to enhance flexibility and adaptive behavior for precision medicine ...
Aiqing Ma, Han Gong, Jiacheng Ouyang, Liqi Chen, Tianfang Kang, Yiran He, Guojun Huang, Sidi Zheng, Ting Yin, Hong Pan, Lintao Cai   +10 more
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Smart Leather Using Thermoresponsive Cholesteric Liquid Crystals in Surface Finishing

Journal of Natural Fibers
Leather is the oldest collagen-based fibrous material with outstanding natural properties in footwear, clothes, bags or upholstery fabrication. In the competition between natural and synthetic products, intelligent surface properties bring added value to
Cosmin-Andrei Alexe, Carmen Gaidau, Ioana Rodica Stanculescu, Cristina Burducea, Viorel Cîrcu   +4 more
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Modelling microgels with controlled structure across the volume phase transition

, 2019
Thermoresponsive microgels are soft colloids that find widespread use as model systems for soft matter physics. Their complex internal architecture, made of a disordered and heterogeneous polymer network, has been so far a major challenge for computer ...
Camerin, Fabrizio, Crassous, Jérôme J., Gnan, Nicoletta, Ninarello, Andrea, Paloli, Divya, Rovigatti, Lorenzo, Schurtenberger, Peter, Zaccarelli, Emanuela   +7 more
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Multi‐Material Additive Manufacturing of Soft Robotic Systems: A Comprehensive Review

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review explores the transformative role of multi‐material additive manufacturing (MMAM) in the development of soft robotic systems. It presents current techniques, materials, and design strategies that enable functionally graded and adaptive structures.
Ritik Raj, Quan‐Chen Song, Jia‐Yang Juang   +2 more
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Strong‐Magnetic Flexible Composites for Magnetically Responsive Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This perspective provides an overview of the performance mechanisms, preparation methods, and applications of strong magnetic flexible composite materials in soft actuators (such as gripping, movement, and sensing), and further explores current opportunities and challenges.
Wenwen Li, Shuai Liu, Xinyi Wang, Xinglong Gong, Shouhu Xuan   +4 more
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Waveguide Photoactuators: Materials, Fabrication, and Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Waveguide photoactuators convert guided light into mechanical motion. Their tethered‐flexible design enables minimally invasive surgery and confined‐space robotics. This review aims to guide materials selection, device design, and system integration, accelerating the transition of waveguide photoactuators from laboratory prototypes to versatile ...
Minjie Xi, Hemin Pan, Yang Zong, Yongfeng Mei, Jizhai Cui   +4 more
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Preparation and Investigation of Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide-acrylamide) Membranes in Temperature Responsive Drug Delivery [PDF]

, 2009
Objective(s)Physiological changes in the body may be utilized as potential triggers for controlled drug delivery. Based on these mechanisms, stimulus–responsive drug delivery has been developed.Materials and MethodsIn this study, a kind of poly (N ...
Afshin Jalali, Elham Khodaverdi, Farnaz Sadat Mirzazadeh Tekie, Farshad Farhadi, Omid rajabi   +4 more
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Burn‐Safe Biodegradable Magnetocaloric Composites for Temperature‐Controlled Biomedical Applications

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This work investigates a magnetocaloric (Mn,Fe)2(P,Si) compound tailored for precise, self‐regulating heating in biomedical use. With a Curie temperature tuned at 43 °C, it enables therapeutic activation without overheating. Encapsulation in a composite ensures controlled temperature rise under an alternating magnetic field (AMF), with high ...
Pornpawee Uliss, Vasiliki Gkouzioti, Wuliji Hanggai, Friso Kahler, Elena Aprea, Qi Jia, Jean‐Philippe Frimat, Ekkes Brück, Clementine M. Boutry   +8 more
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Precise Regulation of Membrane Proteins: From Physical Technology to Biomolecular Strategy

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review summarizes the emerging strategies for the precise regulation of membrane proteins using physical stimuli and biomolecule‐based tools. These methods provide new insights into cell regulation and offer promising directions for future disease treatment.
Xiu Zhao, Qingqing Zhou, Mengli Li, Wen Zou, Zhenzhong Zhang, Jinjin Shi, Junjie Liu   +6 more
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An Opto‐Actuated Hydrogel for Cell Mechanoactuation and Real‐Time Force Monitoring

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Researchers developed a mechanoactuated hydrogel interface where nanomachines exert forces on adhesion receptors and allow monitoring of traction force responses in real time. They demonstrate reversible talin recruitment, enhanced F‐actin polymerization, and a reduction in cell traction force when force is locally applied to focal adhesions of ...
Rinku Kumar, Marc A. Fernandez‐Yague, Adrien Bessaguet, Hosoowi Lee, Nicolas Giuseppone, Andrés J. García, Aránzazu del Campo   +6 more
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